And Now For Another Poem

I’ve got another old poem for you to enjoy. I wrote it for a poetry class I was taking. It was just for extra credit and it allowed me to flesh out my writing skills on a small scale. I think it helped me start thinking about creativity in the writing process. I will admit that I found it pretty easy and I wondered why others had issues trying to flesh out the rhythm and process of the poetic structure, however, I know that from my perspective today that poetry does challenge you to think in a different way. So here it is. This month’s selection.

O’Chicken

O’chicken

Clucking
bird of the farmyard

Pecking
seed and grit

And
scratching dirt

White
feathered friend and

Hardened
beak

Flightless hen try as you might

Strange avian

That
cowardly creature

How
so came you to be

Representative
of fear’s edge

That
we shudder and tremble

And
cower so to be said

You chicken

Easter

Is
given over to the bunny

Yet
the bunny clucks

How
can the bunny cluck

If
the bunny is not a chicken

Or
is it

For apparently the bunny lays eggs

Deliciously tempting

Legs
as a chicken

Curvaceous
luscious and smooth

Causing
grown men to crow

Cock-a-doodle-doo

Chasing
you as you run

As a hen fleeing the fox

Finger lickin’ good

The
roasting sound of taste

Crispy
and fried

Barbecued
and flame broiled

The
tongue salivates in anticipation

Of
that first bite

O’chicken

Thanks for reading! Catch you next time and feel free to follow and comment!

~ Timothy S Purvis

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Amateur animator and writer. I work in retail and live in Dayton OH. I used to think I knew where I was going in life. Now I just move forward and see where life takes me. And life has taken me here to a blog post and my own domain. Groovular. It is also leading down a path of obscurity and insanity. And I'm fine with that.
I'm working on a book, I'm working on some stop motion animations, I'm enjoying my family and just living, and I'm working on a new video series dealing with controversies that may or may not have been justified. But elsewise, I am just me and I want to thank you for reading. It makes my day. I just hope I can post more here (and remember I actually HAVE a here to post to!) than I have in the past and have something to say to boot.
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